Obit: Sturtz, Cassie Marie #2 (1901 - 1953)

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Surnames: Sturtz, Gray, Miller, Reineking, Stafford, Parish, Kalsow

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 19 Nov 1953

Sturtz, Cassie M. (23 OCT 1901 - 15 NOV 1953)

Mrs. Howard Sturtz Sr., 52, Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.), died of a heart attack at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, 1953, while visiting at the Raymond Kalsow home near Globe.

Mrs. Sturtz, nee Cassie Marie Gray, was born Oct. 23, 1901 at Viroqua. At the age of 18 she moved with her family to Greenwood where they lived on a farm until 1927, when they moved to Loyal and have resided there ever since. She was married to Howard Sturtz Sr. on Feb. 23, 1923 at Greenwood.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. at the Myre Funeral Home in Loyal on Wednesday. The Rev. Willard Mecklenburg officiated. Burial will take place in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Surviving are her husband; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gray of Loyal, two daughters, Mrs. Norman E. (Bernadine) Miller, Granton; and Carol at home; two sons, Howard at Marshfield and Donald of Milwaukee; six grandchildren, two brothers, Alfred Gray, Loyal and Roger Gray, Readstown; three sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Mable) Reineking, Rio; Mrs. Kenneth (Edith) Stafford, Waupaca; and Mrs. Melvin (Helen) Parish, Tomah. One son preceded her in death.